Ireland Named in reporting
Fergal Gannon
Born 1983, from the ages reported. 6 reports across 3 cases, 23 Jan 2022 to 29 Jan 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1983, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Impeding the apprehension of a person, Handling stolen property, Theft (of a digger)
- Where
- Co. Longford
- Reporting
- 6 reports, 23 Jan 2022 to 29 Jan 2025
- Outlets
- longfordleader.ie, irishtimes.com
Cases
latest first- Longford man jailed for helping robber of service station Impeding the apprehension of a person · Co. Longford
On 14 September 2023 a raider robbed a service station in Longford, producing a gun and pointing it at the shop owner, and Fergal Gannon (41) of Ferafad, Longford, helped him move his bicycle over a barrier. Gannon was arrested on 26 September 2023 and pleaded guilty at Longford Circuit Court to impeding the apprehension of a person, having also admitted handling stolen property at Lower Ferefad on 23 April 2023. He was sentenced to two years and two months with the final six months suspended, placed on a two-year good behaviour bond and directed to engage with probation services for 18 months. The sentencing was reported in January 2025, and that is the latest development.
Sentenced, 29 Jan 2025Convicted · 1 report - Longford man pleads guilty to possessing stolen router Handling stolen property · Co. Longford
Fergal Gannon (40), of Ferefad, Longford, is accused of handling a stolen yellow DeWalt router at Lower Ferefad, Longford, on 23 April 2023. He was arrested on a bench warrant and remanded in custody with consent to bail at Longford District Court in August 2023, after the State objected to bail over alleged breaches of bail conditions. He was charged under Section 18 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001, the DPP consented to trial on indictment in October 2023, and in January 2024 he pleaded guilty and was remanded on continuing bail to 9 July 2024 for a probation and welfare report, so no sentence has been imposed.
In court, 23 Aug 2023Accused · 3 reports - Suspended sentence for man who stole digger in Longford Theft (of a digger) · Co. Longford
Fergal Gannon, a 38-year-old man, was sentenced at Longford Circuit Court in October 2022 to a two-year prison term suspended for five years, 240 hours of community service, and a €1,150 payment to the Irish Wheelchair Association. He was charged with stealing a 2007 New Holland Kobelco digger worth €25,000 from a layby on the Ardagh Road in Longford between 15 and 18 January 2021, when it was being used by a sub-contractor to Irish Water. Gannon drove the machine at two miles an hour to his back garden in Lower Ferefad, where gardaí found it after it was reported missing on 18 January 2021. He was arrested that same evening and the case was heard before Judge Kenneth Connolly, who noted Gannon's 12 previous convictions for theft and burglary.
Sentenced, 4 Oct 2022Convicted, accused · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Fergal Gannon, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 29 Jan2025Longford man jailed for his role in robbery of Service Stationconvicted, Fergal Gannon, 41, male, named, irish (judged from name)Fergal Gannon
- 17 Jan2024Longford man pleads guilty to possession of stolen propertyaccused, Fergal Gannon, male, named, irish (judged from name)Fergal Gannon
- 6 Oct2023Longford man in court on stolen property chargeaccused, Fergal Gannon, 40, male, named, irish (judged from name)Fergal Gannon
- 23 Aug2023Longford District Court: Defendant unable to get to garda stationaccused, Fergal Gannon, 40, male, named, irish (judged from name)Fergal Gannon
- 4 Oct2022Suspended sentence for man who stole digger and ‘took off at speed of two miles an hour’convicted, Fergal Gannon, male, named, irish (judged from name)Fergal Gannon
- 23 Jan2022Court hears how Longford man stole digger and attempted to hide it in back garden of houseaccused, Fergal Gannon, 38, male, named, irish (judged from name)Fergal Gannon
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